Hat adjusting means



8- 1945- s. LIPTON HAT ADJUSTING MEANS Filed Feb; 15, 1944 INVENTOR5/76? LIPTON M WfM ATTORNEYS Y Patented Aug. 21, 1945 HAT ADJUSTING,MEANS Sarah Lipton, New YorkQN. 'Y.; Jane Lipton O -ban administratrixof said Sarah Lipton,

deceased Ap'pncatrm February 15, 1944, :Serial No. 522,437

'4 Claims.

This invention relates to hats and to means for adjusting a hat to thehead of the wearer.

In millinery shops aigreat variety of styles of hats must be carried,and since there are ,many different head sizes, the amount of stockwhich must be kept .on hand is very large. The ordinary hat has noprovision for adjustment to the head of the wearer so that between twostandard sizes the customer is forced to elect the size which is nearestto a lit without securingan exact fit.

It has'previouslybeen proposed to provide various means for reducing thehead size of a hat but these means have in general possessed thedisadvantages that they must be sewn, into the hat or stitched throughthe hat band, both of which operations are time consuming and, becauseof the nature of the retail trade in hats, often result in loss of saleswhich otherwise could be quickly consummated. Other prior constructionshave been of a too bulky nature to justify their use on the hat band.

securing adjusting means to two spaced points in the upper or freemargin of the hat band and by providing a point or points of securingintermediate sai spaced points, also in the hat band.

It is an object of the invention to provide a l at size adjuster whichwill cause contraction of the hat band to be distributed substantiallyequally between the two outer points of connection thereto.

This invention is an improvement upon the hat adjusting means covered inmy previous Patent No. 2,092,808, and in Patent No. 2,325,473 issredjointly to myself and Ruby Lipton Brill.

In accordance with the present invention a cord is provided, preferablyof elastic material, which has upon each end thereof an anchor pin andwhich has one or more intermediate steps thereon also in the form of ananchor pin or pins. The device may be formed of a single piece of cordhaving the anchor pin or pins secured at an intermediate point Or pointsthereof, for instance by doubling the cord and clamping the anchor pinaround the doubled cord, or otherwise securing the anchor pin or pins tothe intermediate parts of the cord; or to the device may be made out oftwo pieces of cord, one or both of which may be elastic, and whichpieces of cord are secured together by clamping the intermediate anchorpin thereon. The device, may be secured to the hatband by inserting thesame through the hatband as-described in my Patent No. 2,092,808, oritmay be simply secured thereto by the end and intermediate pins similarlyto the manner described in Patent No. 2,325,473. The presentconstruction therefore combines the advantages of the constructionsshown in both of said patents, and has the particular advantageover .theconstruction shown in Patent 2,325,473 in that it requires less materialand less labor to manufacture. The saving of material, particularly ofelastic material, is especially importantat the present time because ofthe shortage of such critical materials.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a front view of a hat looking into the crown thereof andshowing the device secured to the hatband by means of the two end pinsand the center pin.

Figure 2 is an elevation showing the adjusting device formed out of asingle length of elastic having anchor pins on each end thereof and ananchor pin secured to a loop of the material at an intermediate point.

Figure 3 is an elevation of a modified form of adjuster in which theadjuster is made out of two pieces of material secured together by thecenter pin.

Figure 4 is an elevation of a modified form of adjuster provided with.the intermediate pins.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the hat shown has a band [6 securedto the'inside of the crown in the usual manner. The adjuster of the formshown in Figure 2 comprises a cord Zil preferably of elastic materialwhich has an anchor pin 2] at each end thereof and which is looped ordoubled at the center into a loop 23 around which is clamped an anchorpin 24. The anchor pins may be of any suitable construction, thoseillustrated each-having a tubular body 25 which is clamped upon thecord, a point 21 at one end of the body, and a tail portion 28 at theother end of the body. The points 2'! permit the pins to be pushedthrough the hatband after which th pin body can be turned at an angle tothe cord so that it engages behind the hatband permitting the cord tocome out through the hole in the hatband pins. In this case anadditional anchor pin or pins may be provided. Figure 4 shows an exampleof such a construction in which three intermediate anchor pins areprovided.

It will be understood that the adjusters may be made of any desiredlength and that any I suitable material may be used in theirconstruction, and that any type of anchor pin may be employed.

While I have illustrated and described in detail certain preferred formsof my invention, it is to be understood that changes may be made thereinand the invention embodied in other structures. I do not, therefore,desire to limit myself to the specific constructions illustrated, butintend to cover my invention broadly in whatever form its principle maybe utilized.

What is claimed is:

1. A head size adjusting device for hats, having a flexible cord-likeconnecting element, an anchor pin clamped on each of the outer ends ofthe element, each of said anchor pins comprising a tubular bodyembracing the end of the flexible element and clamped in fixedengagement therewith and having point and tail portions extending fromopposite ends of the body, and an anchor pin having a tubular bodyembracing and clamped to two adjacent cord portions intermediate thelength of the flexible element, .said anchor pin having point and tailportions extending from opposite ends of the body.

2. A head size adjusting device for hats as claimed in claim 1 in whichthe flexible element comprises a single piece extending from one end pinto the other end pin, and doubled at an intermediate point forattachment of an intermediate anchor pin, both parts of the doubledportion being embraced by the body portion of said intermediate pin.

3. A head size adjusting device as claimed in claim 1 in which theflexible adjusting element is formed of two pieces, each extending froman outer anchor pin to the center anchor pm, the two adjacent ends ofsaid cord portions being embraced and clamped together by said centeranchor pin.

4. A head size adjusting device for hats as claimed in claim 1,comprising a flexible con necting element, anchor pins at each endthereof, and a plurality of spaced anchor pins attached to the flexibleelement at intermediate points thereof.

SARAH LIPTON.

